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From my garden to you with nature’s red, heart-shaped flower, the Anthurium, Anthurium andraeanum (linked to Wikipedia). It is native to Central and South America and has many common names in English such as anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, pigtail plant, and laceleaf. They bloom year-around in my garden and in a pot on my terrace where these photos were made.
¡Pura Vida!
Happy Valentines Day!
So on this February 14 I will give these two butterflies human emotions and suggest that the one flying is saying “Please be my valentine!” :-)
They are both Banded Peacocks with male and female looking alike, so I can’t say for sure what the one flying around the other is doing, but it kind of makes a Valentines Day image! :-)
And a closeup of the one I’m treating as the female . . .
Continue reading “Anthropomorphic Valentines?” |
| A Valentine from Nature Photographed along a road or trail in the El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Or maybe you prefer an Exotic Wild Flower for Valentines El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Reventazón River Valley El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| One of Many Tributaries El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| My Guide Cristhian Ureña Martinez El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| More Flowers El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| More Flowers El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Mosses and Ferns of the Cloud Forest El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| A Horse Farm Where We Found Birds El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| A Horse Farm Where We Found Birds El Copal Area, Costa Rica |
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| Isla del Coco, Costa Rica |
This is our island in the Pacific Ocean that is similar to Galápagos Islands of Ecuador without
tourism. It is a national park and research center and many say is more significant scientifically than the Galápagos Islands. (Darwin missed it!) It is also the island that the fictitious dinosaur project was on in the movies of the Jurassic Park. See this brief YouTube video of THE REAL JURASSIC PARK for a 57 second glimpse of the real island.